I thought it would be interesting to get a macroscopic view of what research topics are most active currently.
How it was made: I applied filters for all papers published from January 1st, 2026, to the current date (April 27th, 2026), and then sorted them by the total number of papers based on their matching metadata 'primary topic'.
Source: OpenAlex | Filter and Visualization Tool:The Global Research Space
by icannotchangethename
1 Comment
How did you decide how granular to break down a topic?
Eg Artificial Intelligence in healthcare and education as one topic rather than two